Re: 4000-705A?

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

  Damn.  I thought someone (Chuck McManis maybe?) was working on it at 
one point.

            -Dave

On 1/30/23 08:48, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> No DSSI support at all. I don't think the built-in ethernet works 
> either, but I could be wrong on that one.
>
>    Johnny
>
> On 2023-01-30 14:21, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >    Hey folks.  I'm considering installing NetBSD/vax on a 4000-705A to 
> > do some data recovery work at LSSM.  Before I attempt it, can anyone 
> > tell me what the current status of support for its integrated 
> > peripherals?  In particular, will the DSSI and Ethernet controllers work?
> >
> >    I've not run NetBSD/vax for a long time.  Over the years, there 
> > have been many problems with bugs in boot code, etc.  Assuming I have 
> > a reasonable amount of memory in the machine, will it "just work" now?
> >
> >              Thanks,
> >              -Dave

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